I have been beavering away: as well as the frenzy of self-sufficiency that I have been going through, I have been taking care of a few other things. Ideas that I have been gestating for months, and all that stopped me implementing them was my Masters. Now that’s done with, I have no reason not […]

Do you ever feel like your brain is moving in too many directions at once? Work has been crazy-busy, uni has been incredibly demanding as I gallop towards the end of my Masters degree, I am househunting (man, buying at auction is scary-pants), and have begun eccentric sleeping habits, much to M’s amusement. Hello, I […]

How does writer’s block work? I can be buzzing along, thinking about all sorts of things, and then I sit down to write about them and the best I can think of is “I saw lots of birds on my drive to work today!” which isn’t even good conversation. And the next thing you know, […]

I have begun countless blog posts. I have written, completed and published thousands fewer. One of my biggest obstacles is the absence of pictures: if I’m at work, or my camera is flat, or I just can’t seem to work a good angle on whatever I’m trying to snap, I feel like there’s no point […]

Today’s post comes from the “Holy crap it worked!” file. First “Holy crap it worked!”: This weekend M and I bought a gazebo. Not a cemented-in, static gazebo, but a poles-and-mesh job from the hardware shop that dismantles and packs away into a convenient carry case. We were meeting some friends for a picnic by […]